Cats That Look Like Hitler

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Cats That Look Like Hitler is a satirical website featuring photographs of cats resembling Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945.{{Cite web |last=Finkelstein |first=Daniel |author-link=Daniel Finkelstein |date=26 February 2007 |title=Cats That Look Like Hitler |url=http://timesonline.typepad.com/comment/2007/02/cats_that_look_.html |website=The Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719025347/http://timesonline.typepad.com/comment/2007/02/cats_that_look_.html |archive-date=19 July 2008 }} Such cats are often referred to as {{not a typo|kitler}} on the Internet.{{Cite news |title=Researchers Find Why Some Cats Look Like Hitler |newspaper=The Times of Israel |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/researchers-may-now-know-why-some-cats-look-like-hitler/amp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420071347/https://www.timesofisrael.com/researchers-may-now-know-why-some-cats-look-like-hitler/amp/ |archive-date=20 April 2021 |access-date=19 April 2021 }} The majority of the cats are piebald, with a large black splotch underneath their noses, much like the dictator's toothbrush moustache, and other features that suggest a typically stern expression. Some have diagonal black patches on their heads resembling Hitler's fringe. The site was founded by Koos Plegt and Paul Neve in 2006{{Cite web |last=Brottman |first=Mikita |author-link=Mikita Brottman |date=7 February 2007 |title=Mein Kat |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/10186/mein-kat/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721110451/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/10186/mein-kat/ |archive-date=21 July 2008 |publisher=PopMatters |access-date=6 August 2008 }} and became widely known after being featured on several television programmes across Europe{{Cite AV media |last=Ross |first=Jonathan |date=2006 |title=The Jonathan Ross Show |publisher=BBC |location=UK |medium=TV-series }}{{Cite AV media |last= |date=2008 |title=The Graham Norton Show |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCUu1nyE398 |publisher=BBC |location=UK |medium=TV-series }} and Australia.{{Cite AV media |last=Walmsley |first=Dan |date=2006 |title=The Breakfast Show Live: A History of the Web |location=Australia |medium=TV-series }} The site was later run only by Neve. By February 2013 he had approved photographs of over 7,500 cats.{{Cite web |last=Neve |first=Paul |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigany.pl?faq.html |website=CatsThatLookLikeHitler.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003104817/http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigany.pl?faq.html |archive-date=3 October 2015 |access-date=8 February 2013 }} The website has not been updated since April 2014.

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